Father who killed two sons found hanged

A former soldier who stabbed to death his two young sons with a screwdriver was found hanged by shoelaces in his prison cell yesterday.

Steven Wilson, 44, was found by a fellow prisoner inside his cell at Blakenhurst Prison hanging from an upturned bed.

Wilson was found guilty six days ago of murdering Brad, seven, and Brett, eight, in a fit of anger after his wife told him their marriage was over.

He murdered the children at a golf course near Handsworth and then rang his wife, tellin gher: "I've killed the kids and I'm going to kill myself." He then thrust the screwdriver into his own chest.

Mr Justice Hughes, while sentencing Wilson to two life terms, told him: "You took those boys' lives to revenge yourself on your wife."

Wilson, of Great Barr, Birmingham, was taken to the category-B Blakenhurst prison, Worcestershire, last week for assessment and was not believed to be on suicide watch.

The Prison Service is holding an investigation.